Inside this issue:

President’s Message 2

International Convention Reflections

3 - 4

Schools for Africa 4

Meeting at the Water Club 4

Scholarships 4

Rose and Key Awards 5

Eta Evaluation Workshop 5

In Memoriam 5

AZS Leadership Development Training Conference

6-8

International Pictorial 9-10

Spotlight on Chapters 11-15

Diamond Birthday Preparation 15

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FALL 2012

The

Delta

Kappa Gamma

Society

International

promotes

professional

growth of

women

educators

and

excellence

in education.

2012 International Convention in New York City

T h e N e w J e r s e y S t a t e O r g a n i z a t i o n o f t h e D e l t a K a p p a G a m m a S o c i e t y I n t e r n a t i o n a l

Alpha Zeta State News

Building and Weaving the Lattice of Leadership to Embrace Our Vision * Design Our Future

The Big Apple proved to be an exciting setting for forty mem-bers of Alpha Zeta State. Jersey Girls represented our state or-ganization with pride, humor, dignity and enthusiasm. Rose ribbon pins, designed by Sigma chapter, were donned by members of the New Jersey delega-tion. Several Jersey Girls were able to attend a pre-convention seminar with Dr. Bonnie Davis author of the book How to Teach Students Who Don’t Look Like You. Attendees enjoyed a lovely meal, fellow-ship, shared personal cultural histories and teaching strategies. Six Sigma sisters including AZS President Roxanne Adinolfi read the book as a jigsaw activity and met for dinner to discuss and share their notes. Deborah Reca, Sigma Chapter, attended workshops, the Harbor School tour and the Davis workshop to apply for professional development hours. Debbie is a teacher in Voorhees and used her time wisely to promote herself professionally while enjoying all the city had to offer. Past state presidents Claire Swanson (Alpha) and Carmela De Marco (Gamma) presented

the first-timers orientation pro-gram. Many first time attendees shared comments, impressions and ideas to further advance our state to promote professional and personal growth of women

educators and excellence in edu-cation. Past state presidents, Claire Swanson (Alpha), Dr. Beth Ann Richey (Beta) and Dr. Judy Merz (Alpha) were actively involved as workshop presenters. AZS members proudly served as workshop presiders, members of the chorus, and hostesses at meal functions. Michele Contala (Lambda) captured memorable

images of our AZS sisters during the convention. AZS officers and committee chairs attended nu-merous workshops. State Presi-dent, Roxanne Adinolfi (Sigma) attended executive board meet-

ings, the luncheon and the private reception honoring 2010 - 12 AZS President Jensi Souders. Jersey Girls sported beautiful “official” red rose DKG scarves and convened at Rockefel-ler Plaza early Thurs-day morning to cele-brate NBC News, the winner of the DKG 2012 Media Award. ABC’s Good Morning America provided even more excitement as the ladies clad in red rose scarves enthusiastically waved to members of the national viewing audience. Jersey Girls met very early in the morning for the NE Regional Breakfast on Friday (July 27th) to assist

with setting up for THE EMER-GENCY FUND commercial and collection. AZS President Roxanne presented a treasure chest theme. A large treasure chest was symbolic of DKG. Gold filled chocolate coins and nuggets represented the mem-bers as pieces of gold. Roxanne

Photograph courtesy of Photographs by Jim, Floresville, Texas

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cians, vocalists, participants in numerous activities including attendance at the pre-convention seminar with Dr. Bonnie Davis and active participants in meet-ings and general sessions. AZS is fortunate to have such a diverse, committed and talented group represent us! Thank you for your service and assistance to make the NE Regional Breakfast mem-orable.

Dr. Beverly Helms graciously accepted the office of 2012-14 President of The Delta Kappa Gamma Society International at the convention in New York City. She called us to examine past practice and to look at the organization through a new lens. She posed questions such as, “Are we connecting with current and past members? Are we meet-ing the needs of our members? What can we do to offer the benefits of membership to pro-spective members? What do members want and need from the organization?” Her theme, “Sharing Our Vision* Strength-ening Our Society” calls each of us to build relationships with our members. DKG must compete with other organizations in a changing market in the 21st cen-tury. We are competing for out-standing women educators’ most precious commodity – their time. Marketing the Society is essen-tial. Dr. Helms noted: “We must set goals at the chapter level. Chapters must identify and deal with the obstacles they face. We must share the aspects that differ-entiate us from other organiza-tions.”

The message for us is clear. AZS must be member driven. AZS Chapter Presidents have launched their biennium with enthusiasm and the commitment to make a difference. New chap-ter officers and chairs are work-ing as cooperative leadership teams to increase membership as we look forward to our diamond jubilee in 2013. Chapters are encouraged to invite an out-standing woman to honorary

membership as applicable. Op-portunities and support for early career educators, active teachers, retired educators, university professors and reaching out to former members for reinstate-ment will infuse chapters with energy and vitality. Continuing to build and weave the lattice of leadership at the chapter level is critical. We have new chapter presidents excited about the Society. For example, Irene Mas-kaly (Iota Chapter President) eloquently communicated the benefits of membership in a video vignette played at the con-vention in New York City. Eight-een of our nineteen chapter presidents attended the state meeting on September 8th. Chap-ter presidents are committed to share successful practices, re-sources and new ideas. Corre-sponding Secretary Carol Schwartz (Gamma) continually sends messages, cards and notes to members in need of a remind-er that they are important to us. We share professional accom-plishments, joys and sorrows in an effort to connect all of us knowing that spiritual fellowship is a purpose that sets us apart from other organizations. Thank you for the numerous congratu-latory cards on the recent birth of my granddaughter and first grandchild.

Eta Chapter sponsored a success-ful and well-attended profession-al development workshop on August 16th to explore four models of teacher evaluations. Jeanne Del Colle (Eta) presented an exemplary workshop based on her work at the state level. Eta chapter offered the workshop to Early Career Educators as well as veteran teachers.

The Ad Hoc Archives Commit-tee continues to meet at Geor-gian Court University. The draw-ers will soon be locked to ensure safety. Kathy Froriep (Mu) and Harriet Di Leonardo (Eta) will oversee and prepare the memora-bilia to be displayed at the state convention in April. I extend

special thanks to Gamma leaders, Saula Cutter and Jan Wilson, for locating missing photographs and information of AZS founders for the state archives and history.

The Ad Hoc Bylaws/Rules Com-mittee under the leadership of Chair Dr. Judy Merz (Alpha) worked diligently via GoToMeet-ing during the summer months with State Committee Chairs, Margaret Madison (Sigma) and Joanne Hill (Omicron) to prepare for their work with the standing committee. All chapters are cur-rently participating as focus groups to complete a comprehen-sive survey so the input is inclu-sive. Each member has the oppor-tunity to participate in their own geographic area. This is one way we are working to make chapters stronger by learning together and participating in important in-formative dialogue and decision making.

The Ad Hoc Strategic Planning Committee focused on the areas of need selected by the member-ship (via a survey last year) in an effort to draft the first SAP for AZS. Chair Mary Conover (Pi) will present the plan to the execu-tive board in January. It requires no vote as it is a non-governing document. The plan is flexible and always in draft form as it can be changed regularly based on the needs of the organization. The plan will be shared with the mem-bership at the state convention.

Chapter presidents have two very important jobs to prepare for the Diamond Birthday Celebration. First, they will oversee the devel-opment of a pictorial birthday timeline of their chapter history on a tri-fold board for the chapter archive displays at the state con-vention. Chapter members should determine a few meaningful arti-facts to place in the area in front of the tri-fold. Additionally, a printed and updated chapter history should be placed in front of the display. We will learn about our historical evolution via the chapter histories. Second, each chapter is invited to gift some-

Building and Weaving the Lattice of Leadership to Embrace Our Vision * Design Our Future

“Building and Weaving the Lattice of Leadership” is stronger than ever as evidenced by the one hundred and forty-five in-coming and outgoing chapter officers, parliamentarians, treas-urers, membership, and program chairs who participated in a comprehensive and intensive leadership development training conference on June 2nd. The 2012 NJ State Teacher of the Year and new member, Jeanne Del Colle (Eta), was the keynote speaker. She received a standing ovation for her presentation “Teacher Leaders Supporting New Teachers.” State officers presented differentiated and interactive workshops. Everyone engaged in activities, facilitated by Dr. Pamela Albert Devine (Mu) geared to intergenerational (Silent, Boomers, Generation X and Millennials) modes of think-ing and problem solving to strengthen chapter programs. All attendees received leadership certificates and pins. Nineteen leadership books were awarded as door prizes to one member of each chapter.

Forty Jersey Girls proved invalua-ble to the success of the DKG convention in the Big Apple in July as they served in numerous roles: workshop presiders, meal function hostesses, workshop presenters, entertainers, musi-

Roxanne Adinolfi 2011-2013 Alpha Zeta State President

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thing special to celebrate the 75th birthday of AZS. We have nu-merous multi-talented members such as artists, poets, musicians, sculptors, quilters, etc. All items will be placed on a special table near the state archives table. The state archivist and historian will safely transport the gifts to the state archives from the conven-tion site. The special gifts will become part of the state archives to be displayed again at the 100th jubilee.

AZS leaders continue to take the

recommendations in The Art of Possibility to heart, “… by giving way to passion and participating wholly to strengthen our organi-zation.” You make a difference!

Roxanne

opened the commercial and state officer’s Barbara Smith (Omicron) and Mary Conover (Pi) assisted to share infor-mation, statistics and the applica-tion process with the attendees. Additional testimony from two AZS members was shared as part of the presentation. Jersey Girls collected the donation enve-lopes. Claire Swanson, Carmela De Marco, Jean Jaeger (Alpha) and Carol Schwartz (Gamma) served as official counters for the donations. Over $6,000.00 was generously donated to the fund by the NE region. Linda Burns (Beta) provided beautiful photo-graphs of the treasure chest theme for the collection enve-lopes. Sigma members Sky McClain, Linda Dix and Debbie Reca skillfully decorated the beautiful brass chest on site. Roxanne also provided the en-tertainment for the NE Regional Breakfast. She sang a medley of music from famous Broadway shows (such as West Side Story and South Pacific) in addition to narrating a delightful and well-

researched history of the Broad-way musical theater. Interesting historical trivia and information from several shows was included in the narration. Broadway Bound was a huge success and concluded with a sing-a-long to include over 300 members. Shirley Newhart from PA was the accompanist for the enter-tainment. Dr. Lyn B. Schmid, 2010 -12 Northeast Regional Director, proved to be a most gracious hostess. Lyn’s personali-ty and signature smile is memo-rable. AZS members congratulat-ed Lyn on her election to the position of International Se-cond Vice President. Much business was conducted during the general sessions. Support for Early Career Educa-tors (SEE) was formally adopted. DKG welcomed Japan as our 18th country to our international community of members. The Ad Hoc Committee to Investi-gate the Arts and Humanities Jury was approved. The Ad Hoc Committee for the Study of Electronic Elections will contin-ue its work. The proposed 2012-14 budget passed with no in-crease in international member-ship dues. Mary Lee Makinen from Maryland is the 2012-14 NE Regional Director. Mary Lee has already contacted AZS for conference presiders, presenters, and areas of interest for the program in Portland, Maine the site of the NE Regional Confer-ence on July 22 – 27, 2013.

Iota Chapter President, Irene Maskaly was featured in the video vignette she submitted to Jensi Souders to answer the question, “What does member-ship in DKG mean to you?” Irene’s video made all of us proud as she presented herself as an articulate professional educator. Irene’s video is posted on the AZS Website for all members to view. It runs only a few minutes but the message is important for current and fu-ture members of AZS.

Saturday morning included a moving Celebration of Life ceremony made even more spe-

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cial by the musical talents of the New Jersey Jubilation Handbell Choir.

Newly elected 2012-14 DKG President, Dr. Beverly Helms delivered an inspiring speech at the Presidents Banquet on Satur-day. Her 2012—14 theme is “Sharing Our Vision* Strengthen-ing Our Society.” She appointed both active and retired teachers on her international committees to ensure balance as she move us forward. Dr. Helms suggested that we look at the organization as if we are seeing it for the first time. She urged us to connect with our members to meet their needs.

Reflection from Lynn Smith - Betty Hoehne, Pam Miller, Lynn Smith, and Mimi Weis were four dayhops from Kappa at the DKG International Conven-tion. It seemed like a good idea to join our sisters at the North-east Regional Breakfast since Bergen County is just across the river from Manhattan. It seemed like less of a good idea when Roxanne sent the 6:15 AM call! It was enlightening to see how many people are up and out at 5:30 in the morning – jogging, biking, on the way to work. The four of us are in agreement that it was worth the trip. Watch-ing Roxanne perform and seeing how our Alpha Zeta Sisters pre-pared for the fundraiser made us proud to be from NJ. The work-shops we attended were informa-tive and timely. The vendors offered useful and attractive items. On the way home we discussed the possibility of attend-ing the NE conference next year in Maine (for more than a day!) and will certainly encourage oth-ers to attend.

Reflection from Mary Conover - I was honored to participate in seeking support of the Emergency Fund at the Northeast Regional

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Reflections from the

International Convention

Breakfast. This fund is such a wonderful example of Delta Kappa Gamma sisters helping each other, regardless of years in the Society, positions held, or academic/personal achieve-ments. It is simply sisters helping sisters in times of need. To me, this Fund exemplifies the heart of Delta Kappa Gamma. Reflection from Barbara Hen-derson/Epsilon president - NYC is always exciting but especially since it was my first international convention. I especially enjoyed the breakout session Wednesday afternoon entitled, Children with Disabilities. The woman was fantastic, especially relating her own difficulties with child-hood rheumatoid arthritis. Un-believable! Almost everyone relat-ed personal stories afterward very interesting and motivating.

Reflections from Linda Adams - We divided up and went to dif-ferent workshops, since we were only there for the day. I loved Dr. Muriel O'Tuel's workshop on Leadership with Heart I bought her book Footprints on the Heart. Loved the vendors! I spent way too much money and had fun. The only thing that needed im-provement was if the sisters only came one day, they could at least have that day copied and given to us with our convention mate-rials. We had no idea what work-shop we were going to unless we found someone nice to quickly share their book with us. Reflections from Jane Murphy– The Celebration of Life service was a fitting tribute to women who dedicated their lives to edu-cation, not just those who were mentioned by name, but all who chose our profession. The indi-vidual vases, each containing a white rose, were stunning. Donna Hicks’ workshop on dig-nity was inspiring, and her book, Dignity, is a must read for anyone who spends time with other human beings. Dr. Hicks devel-oped the dignity model as a

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United Nations can also greatly influence the lives of students today. Jeanne Morascini, a member of DKG for forty-five years and also a presenter at the 2012 DKG International Con-vention, wrote the Curriculum of Hope, a recently updated state project in Connecticut which also includes anti-bullying techniques. Three times a year a newsletter filled with different ideas for teaching about peace across the curriculum and grade levels, including activities at the United Nations, is distributed to a comprehensive list of teachers. During his address on the “new” United Nations, Ramu Dama-doran stated that “education enables people to change situa-tions that oppress.” Certainly, the educators that I was privi-leged to dine with this day per-sonified this global reality.

- by Dr. Linda Dix, Schools for Africa Chairman

means to resolve conflict. She says we “fail to recognize how vulnerable humans are to being treated as if they didn’t matter.” When the hotel lost my reserva-tion a member from New York came to my aid. She worked at it, and was able to find a roommate for Sky so I didn’t have to sub-ject her to riding the subway every night! I was pleased to see members from other states and countries in the (Bonnie Davis Profession-al Development pre-)workshop. This means that the topic is of international interest which means it will get more attention. Cultural proficiency is learning what I don’t know. I will keep reading and trying to be aware of differences. “Learning about culture and relationships is a strategy” for becoming culturally proficient.

“I felt as though there was a blessing on us, with all of these people together who devote so much of their lives to peace, reaching out to the poor, and global understanding,” wrote Dr. Margaret Anzul in describ-ing the luncheon held at the Water Club on the East River of New York City on Tuesday, July 24. CTAUN DKG representa-tives, Dr. Margaret Anzul and Rita King, were present along with Jeanne Morascini, her daughter, Lynne, Carol Krauss, Debbie Reca, and myself. The history of DKG’s involvement in CTAUN and the United Na-tions was explained and dis-cussed, as was the role of DKG newsletter with regard to the United Nations, and the im-portance of the DKG presence at the UN as an NGO. We dis-cussed the priorities of the Unit-ed Nations and how the involve-ment of educators can effect the global development of education. Awareness of the role of the

The Elizabeth M. Bozearth schol-arship is offered by Alpha Zeta State and will be presented at our 75th Anniversary State Con-vention in April of 2013. It would be a very special tribute this year to receive a scholarship named in honor of our founder Elizabeth M. Bozearth at the 75th birthday celebration of Alpha Zeta State. The scholarship is available to members in good standing who have held member-ship for three or more years. Applicants must be accepted in a graduate degree program in an approved institution of higher

WANTED:

Applications for the

Elizabeth M. Bozearth State Scholarship

Schools for Africa

Cathy Daugherty, Schools for Africa DKG chairperson, wrote in the 2012 International Con-vention newsletter that DKG has made a significant contribution to this International Project. These were the statistics she cited: “Of the 1,846 (74.7%) Chapters completing 2012 DKG Biennial Reports, 1,039 (56.2%) indicated their support of the project. While the data falls short of every Chapter/member embracing SFA this biennium, it reflects an excellent start and dictates our need to communi-cate the SFA message to those not yet on board with the pro-ject.” At the Third General Meeting, it was announced that over $100,000.00 has been raised thus far by DKG for Schools for Africa. We were told to “smile with pride.” DKG has made a notable difference in the lives of the African children. DKG members have expressed their appreciation for SFA re-sources found on the DKG web-site and featured in the SFA newsletters, the power point presentations to be shared at meetings and the CD given to every State Organization Presi-dent. Cathy urged us to “Get onboard” during this next bien-nium so that “future contribu-tions reflect the efforts of 100% of our Society.”

- by Dr. Linda Dix, Schools for Africa Chairman

Meeting at the Water Club Reflections from the

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learning. Additional criteria and application forms are available on the Alpha Zeta State website. (From the home page, click on “About Us” and the click on “Scholarship”) All applications and supporting information are due by December 1, 2012. Please send to Dr. Carol N. Scelza, 28630 Schoolhouse Road, Columbus, N.J. 08022 or cscleza@comcast.net.

- by Dr. Carol N. Scelza, State Scholarship & Stipend Chair-man

Save the Date

Alpha Zeta State’s 75th Birthday Celebration

April 12-14, 2013 Double Tree Hotel

Somerset, NJ

Are you a current classroom teacher who wants to have a voice in education policy mak-ing? Here is your chance. The NJ Dept. of Education will be host-ing regional Teacher Advisory Panels, led by Eta sister Jeanne DelColle, in order to facilitate two way dialogue about current issues in education including evaluation, Common Core, and educator effectiveness. Panels will begin in January and be once a month after school. Ap-plications are being accepted until November 26th, 2012.

Contact Jeanne at: jeanne.delcolle@doe.state.nj.us for details. - by Jeanne DelColle, Eta

Calling Current

Classroom Teachers

Initiated Deceased

Beta Chapter

April 1973 Geraldine F. Burt March 6, 2012

April 1964 Elizabeth Horbach January 15, 2012

Zeta Chapter

April 1972 Virginia T. Blinn April 21, 2012

Theta Chapter April 1979 Josephine A. Sicurella April 15, 2012

March 2006 Marianne Skinner September 1, 2012

Rose and Key Awards

Each year every Chapter of Al-pha Zeta State has the privilege to nominate one member for the Rose Award and one for the Key Award to be honored at the State Convention. What are these awards? For some of you the following information is not news, however I thought it would be a good idea to review what is stated in the Alpha Zeta State Standing Rules:

1.3.1 The Rose Award shall be presented to a member who is actively involved in education and who exhibits outstanding service to Delta Kappa Gamma and to her community (e.g., State or National officer, citizen of the year, teacher of the year, service to the community, honoree of a state or national education or-ganization, or author of a book).

1.3.2 The Key Award shall be presented to a retired member who exhibits outstanding service to Delta Kappa Gamma and to her community (e.g., State or National officer, citizen of the year, teacher of the year, service to the community, honoree of a state or national education or-ganization, or author of a book).

1.3.5 Awards shall be made at

the State Convention. The Rose and Key Awards shall be given annually.

With the above information in mind, please begin now to con-sider who in your Chapter you will nominate for the Rose and Key Awards. As I mentioned at the State Meeting in September, we are looking at doing some-thing different for our 75th Birthday. We will continue to have the Rose and Key Award Applications completed via the computer. I am working with Jan Paxton and Claire Swanson to revise the electronic applications form which will be ready in No-vember. Therefore, please check the Alpha Zeta State website for the revised applications. Award applications will be due to me by February 1, 2013.

Thank you for your time and consideration as you begin to consider the nominations for the Rose and Key Awards. We look forward to honoring the recipi-ents at the Alpha Zeta State Con-vention in April.

- by Babette Wise, Personal Growth and Services Chairman

In Memoriam

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Thursday, August 16, 2012, a bright and sunny day, found more than 2-dozen members of Delta Kappa Gamma Society International and/or West Jer-sey Reading Council coming together to get a head start in learning about the new evalua-tion tools that will soon affect them in the classroom. Spon-sored by Eta Chapter of Delta Kappa Gamma Society Interna-tional, the 2012 New Jersey Teacher of the Year, and Eta sister, Jeanne DelColle, gave the attendees the ‘low-down’ on four of the models that are avail-able.

Prior to the presentation Alpha Zeta State President Roxanne Adinolfi addressed the group and spoke of the need for all of us to be involved and stay in-formed. What happens in the classroom affects everyone.

Starting with the background on the need for a better evaluation tool, Jeanne took the teachers back to their first evaluations where many had received “Outstanding” and “Superior” ratings. Even though they had no experience, teachers were often given these ratings based on everything but their effective-ness in the classroom.

Using examples from the evalua-tion models of Stronge, McCrel, Marzano, and Danielson, Jeanne pointed out that attitudes to-wards evaluation would need to change. Using these tools, there would be no room for personali-ty and personal influences. The guidelines are there for all to follow.

Attendees at the seminar worked through what they thought an effective evaluation tool would look like. It came as no surprise that everyone thought an accu-rate picture of teacher effective-ness could not be determined by “announced” classroom visita-tions. Evaluation should be on-going, open-ended, interactive, and involve many facets teaching and include parents, teachers, administrators, and students.

Despite the gorgeous weather outside, teachers lingered long after the presentation to ques-tion and discuss what had been covered in the seminar. Just goes to show that teaching is a life-long, year-round occupation.

- by Mary Zaccardi, Eta Chapter President

Eta Chapter Sponsors Evaluation Workshop

Some of the Eta Chapter Evaluation Workshop Attendees

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On Saturday, June 2, 2012 the AZS 2012-2014 Chapter Officers’ Leadership Development Training was held at Sayen School in Hamilton. The day began with registration and fellowship followed by a warm welcome from State President Roxanne Adinolfi and an inspirational thought by State Chaplain Gail Griffin.

Session I was lead by State Leadership Development Chair Dr. Pamela Albert Devine who offered members an opportunity to look at leadership through a different lens. Rather than asking what is leadership? Participants were asked to consider: Who am I as a leader? How does my personality and style influ-ence my role in our chapter organization, in the state organization or at the interna-tional level? Members were asked to apply the learning throughout the day to their role as a leader in Delta Kappa Gamma, as a 21st Century leader, and a member of an organization whose members span four generations. Participants were asked to complete a personality activity. Each group was given a series of symbols and asked to select the one that most appealed to them. Each shape is associated a personality style and associated characteristics. Groups were asked to share information about their personality style in the context of how this information could impact the planning of meetings, attendance at meetings and the overall running of chapters.

The remaining time during this session was spent on looking at the strengths and challenges of Delta Kappa Gamma, from a generational perspective. For the first time in history, organi-zations are struggling to balance the different needs and working styles/attitudes of four different generations. Organizations that understand how to address gen-erational “differences” are able to successfully leverage each generation’s strengths and will

be better able to keep members motivated and productive. There are different names associated with these different groups, but the work at this session focused on the following:

AZS 2012-2014 Chapter Officers’

Traditionals (born before 1945) Generation X (born 1965 to 1980) Generation Z (born since 1995)

Baby Boomers (born 1945 to 1964) Generation Y (born since 1981)

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Leadership Development Training

At times:

Baby Boomers think Generation Xers are too impatient and willing to throw out time-tested strategies, while Gen Xers may see Boomers as too political and being inflexible to change.

Traditionals may see Boomers as self-absorbed and too forthcoming, while Boomers may view Traditionals as dictatorial and rigid.

Older generations may consider Generation Y as too spoiled and self-absorbed, while Gen Y sees them as too set in their ways and out of touch.

Participants were given a magic wand that allowed them to change three activities related to DKG. What do you see as the strengths of the state or-ganization/your chapter and what do you see as some of our challenges? What do you see as the challenges of the state organization/your chapter? What would you change with regard to the state organization/chapter and why? Each group completed this activity in chart form and then all of the participants had an opportunity to take a Gallery Walk to look at the work of their fellow members. When the groups rotated, there were asked to read what the group has written, then using a different colored marker, to write down some possible solutions to their concerns or areas of challenge

When the groups were back where they started they were asked to read all of the new information on the origi-nal chart. As a group they were asked to identify one of your original challenges and a possible solu-tion that you think warrants further discussion at either a chapter or state meeting as a “take one for the road.” Participants left under-standing each generation’s key formative environments and values, as well as their workplace strengths and struggles are the first step in

building more efficient and cohesive teams.

We were very fortunate to have Jeanne M. DelColle (ETA Chapter 2012 Initiate) and the 2011-2012 NJ State Teacher of the Year as our Keynote Speaker, “Teacher Leaders Supporting New Teachers.” During Session II Jeanne was inspirational, humorous and energetic and left making the members want to hear more about what is happening in Trenton and empowered to reach out and become more in-volved. Jeanne is an inspiration to all new members to become actively involved at the beginning of their membership in Delta Kappa Gamma.

State Social Chairs Nancy Whalen, Saula Cutter and Jan Wilson from GAMMA CHAPTER provided a scrumptious lunch and times for members to socialize and have group photographs taken.

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Following lunch, President Roxanne Adinolfi and Pamela Albert Devine awarded the raffle winners books to inspire members to take their leadership to the next level.

Session III involved a series of workshops in which the 2012-2014 officers were trained for their biennium. Immediate past presidents, incoming chapter presidents, chapter officers, parliamentarians, treasurers, membership, program of work chairs, and leadership develop-ment representatives were given tools, timelines, information, and materials to ensure a suc-cessful transition.

Working in differenti-ated groups; members utilized information from the morning ses-sions and new learning to build a shared vision for sustained growth of both the state and chapter organizations. The new Go-To Guide developed by Internation-

al was utilized during all of the breakout sessions.

AZS 2012-2014 Chapter Officers’ Leadership Development Training

Times have changed. We need to re-examine how we understand and practice leadership. We now operate in a world with four generations working side by side.

As leaders, we need to appreciate each generation and learn how to work together effectively for the sustainability of Delta Kappa Gamma as we work to develop a “mindset” for 21st century leader-ship. A special thank you to all those who have worked so hard to make Alpha Zeta State the quality organization that it is today; you have provided us with the foundation necessary for continued excellence.

- by Dr. Pamela Albert Devine,

State Leadership Development Chair & Committee

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2012 International Convention Pictorial

Photographs on pages 9 and 10

courtesy of

State

Photographer

Michele Contala

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A Power Point presentation was created as a resource guide to assist chapters with programs and projects. Barbara Ann Ellert, Jean Jaeger, and Ginny Jones were mentioned in the “Leadership in the Making” part of the presentation. Barbara Ann Ellert was also mentioned in the “Pajama Program” part of the presentation.

An elegant 65th birthday dinner was celebrated by Alpha Chapter on October 3rd. HAPPY BIRTH-DAY! The comprehensive histo-ry of the chapter from 1947 was compiled into a lovely booklet by Barbara Ann Ellert, President 2002-2004 and 2010-2012 and Judith Merz, President 1988-1990. We had as our guest Grace Stephenson from Beta Chapter in Fairfax Virginia

Tau Chapter was formed in west Morris County area in 2003 when 17 Alpha sisters trans-ferred to Tau. A joint chapter meeting has been in the works for 2 years and will finally take place on March 23, 2013 at the Grand Chalet.

Rose and Key Awards: Cindy Martin, an art teacher in South and North End Schools in Cedar Grove, was the chapter’s Rose Recipient. The Key Award was given to Kim Heilig, retired elementary teacher from Cedar Grove. She is the Chaplain for Alpha Chapter. Their contribu-tions were highlighted in a slide show narrated by Jean Jaeger.

Gamma sisters welcome the new program year with activities fo-cusing on our fellowship, enrich-ment, and service to others. Our Founder’s Day celebration on October 16th would not be possi-ble without the dedication of Saula Cutter, President, Pro-gramming Chair, Toni Halsey, Membership Chair, Allison Polanski, and Convention Chair Jan Wilson.

This event was the highlight of our programming calendar last year and is indeed becoming a welcomed tradition to our sis-ters. This year, we will focus on the history of our state founders. Gamma sisters will honor these Alpha Zeta state members, their contributions, and their genuine fellowship. Chapter president, Saula Cutter, will emphasize the guiding principles of these founders.

The Founder’s Day celebration will continue with recognition of members and their milestones. Gamma sisters involved with the chapter for five years or more will receive a certificate. Partici-pating members of 10 to 14 years will receive the laurel wreath pin. This year Gloria Telencio is our laurel wreath recipient. The Lamp of Knowledge is presented to members involved in the chap-ter for 15 to 19 years. Debbie Scherholtz is receiving her lamp of knowledge pin. Members who served the chapter for 25 or more years will receive the gold rose and members serving be-tween 20 and 24 years receive an open book pin. We are proudly awarding Edna Friman with the open book pin for her years of service. Looking backwards to honor our members is the opti-mal beginning to our program year as we move forward as sis-ters together.

As Founder’s Day continues to be a traditional and honored event for sisters we are reminded of our commitment to DKG with a reading of a poem by Jan Wilson. The poem reinforces goals for fellowship as we are each asked to “lay the founda-tion for the next generation of students, teachers, educational leaders, and members of Delta Kappa Gamma Society Interna-tional.” We will all be inspired to become founders this year.

Delta Chapter is proud to an-nounce their continued partner-ship with Cape May County Habi-tat for Humanity. On Saturday, September 22nd, members of Delta Chapter attended a housewarming for the Ruiz family at their newly built home in Whitesboro, Middle Township, NJ. The volunteers for Habitat for Humanity worked over 3,000 hours to help build the home and the Ruiz family put in over 500 hours of work of their own on the house. During the picnic celebra-tion, Delta member Clare O’Dea presented the Ruiz family with a gift basket filled with sports themed items for their son Or-lando’s new bedroom. The basket contained bed linens, a comforter, a pillow, a sports throw blanket and a $50 gift card to Walmart. Delta Chapter hopes to continue this partnership to sup-port Habitat for Humanity in Cape May County.

President Anne Colin and member Mary Ellen Ford listen as Clare O'Dea presents the Ruiz family with a gift basket from the Delta Chapter for their new Habitat for Humanity home.

More than 50 Delta Kappa Gam-ma Members of Epsilon Chapter recently had their meeting at the Hampton Diner, Rt. 206 Newton, NJ. Delta Kappa Gamma Society

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Alpha Chapter was honored to have Roxanne Adinolfi, Presi-dent of New Jersey Alpha Zeta State Organization as a guest at our final meeting of the year in May, 2012. We also welcomed 7 new initiates.

The Alpha Chapter Grant-in-Aid scholarship is for students who plan to pursue an educational career. The 2011-2012 recipient was Gabrielle San Roman, a senior at Cedar Grove High School. This fall, she will be studying music education at Westminster Choir College with the goal to continue with a Mas-ter’s program in conducting.

Our World Fellowship project this year was Schools for Africa and the chapter raised $2500.

Maren Baum has enrolled in the Educational Leadership Cohort Program at William Paterson University. She will complete a second Master’s degree in May 2014 and will be a certified school administrator.

Helen Allen was recognized for 50 years as a member of the Girl Scouts of USA. In May 2012 she received a Dedicated Girl Scout Leader Award. She is currently co-leader of a troop in Secaucus

Carolyn Dobies did volunteer work as an assistant teacher for a hearing impaired class through the month of July.

Claire Swanson has been ap-pointed as the Northeast repre-sentative to the International Communications and Publicity Committee.

For the second time in the past 10 years, Dianne Nicolette re-ceived the Excellence in Educa-tion Award from the Clifton Teachers Association. Dianne is a school nurse

An article titled Teaching Students to Be Global Citizens, authored by Debbie Hoeflinger, was recently published in the Fall 2012 DKG Bulletin.

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where needed, reading aloud, teaching a lesson, changing bulle-tin boards, running off copies, partnering in a lesson, or whatev-er the teacher needs or feels comfortable with. We look for-ward to this with great enthusi-asm as we do with all our pro-jects this year.

On September 5, 2012, Drs. Barbara Cordasco and Mary Lee Batesko, Zeta sisters, were invit-ed to conduct an all day work-shop for faculty and administra-tors at the Farmingdale Elemen-tary School in Monmouth Coun-ty. The title of the workshop was Effective Teaching: Getting Acquainted with the Danielson Frameworks for Teaching. The workshop began by considering the following questions: What’s Right With Today’s Teaching? and What are Danielson’s Frameworks for Teaching?

The language of the Danielson Frameworks was new to the fac-ulty but the administration had a brief introduction at the Mon-mouth County Superintendents’ Roundtable meeting and realized the importance of having this information presented to their staff. There are four Domains in the Danielson Model, but be-cause it was the beginning of the new school year, it was appropri-ate that this particular workshop focus on Domain 2 – The Class-room Environment. It was a hands-on workshop with faculty and staff participating in the viewing of various classroom environments and the discussion of Best Practices in the classroom in the specified domain. This included how to: Create an Envi-ronment of Respect and Rap-port; Establish a Culture for Learning; Manage Classroom Procedures and Student Behav-ior and Organize the Physical Space. The activities were well received by administration and faculty. Drs. Batesko and Cor-

dasco will make a return visit to present workshops on the other Domains.

ZETA Chapter is proud of their 2012 initiate, Kristin Newman. Kristin is recognized as a young woman with extraordinary poten-tial who is a valuable member of the ZETA chapter. This June, the Toms River Schools Special Education PTA also recognized Kristin’s fine qualities. She was selected as their 2012 PERSON OF THE YEAR for her unwaver-ing support and dedication to her students and the Special Education PTA. She was award-ed this honor and pictured on the Toms River Schools District website ZETA Chapter congratu-lates Kristin and recognizes her as a wonderful example of a quality teacher. We are proud to have her among of ranks.

Theta Chapter is mourning the death of our sister Marianne Skinner who passed away all too suddenly. Theta will be collect-ing food for the Rutherford Bible Chapel’s Pastor. The pas-tor is in charge of the local food pantry and since he is kind enough to allow us to have many meetings at his chapel we are repaying the kindness and at the same time providing a service to the community. Stacy Marcus has completed yet another mara-

thon, this time in Alaska. Her goal is to run one in every state. Good Luck! Theta is selling den-im shirts with the rose insignia embroidered on it as well as being emblazoned with the words “What happens with the sisters, stays with the “sisters”. You can order at any time and they can be picked up at a state meeting or at the convention.

Dr. Arnetta Johnson has been newly elected to the office of NJEA's Executive Ethnic Minority-At-Large position on September 22, 2012. We are confident she will do an excellent job represent-ing NJEA members.

Michelle Llewellyn, a French teacher at Sterling High School, was named the district’s 2011-2012 teacher of the year. Michelle also just completed her graduate program from Wilmington Uni-versity earning a Masters Degree in School Leadership.

Debi Steineder has accepted the position of chairperson for health benefits at New Jersey Education Association and corresponding secretary for Atlantic County Council of Education Associa-tions. Debi also recently took on the role of treasurer for IOTA chapter.

Two of Iota’s members joined other Jersey Girls in New York City this past summer to attend Delta Kappa Gamma’s Interna-tional Convention. Chapter pres-ident, Irene Maskaly, and Alpha Zeta State executive member, Doris Lambert, represented Iota in the “Big Apple.” Irene was featured in the video vignette she submitted to Jensi Souders to answer the question, "What does membership in DKG mean to you?" Irene's video made all of us proud as she presented herself as an articulate professional educa-tor. Irene's video is posted on the AZS Website for all members to view.

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International promotes profes-sional and personal growth of women educators and excellence in education. Seventy filled book bags for DASI and DARC (Domestic Abuse Services in Sussex and Warren Counties) were collected plus the sisters have added collecting sandals, sweats, journals, pens, toiletries and shirts for DASI and DARC moms.

Pictured are Connie Fadden, kneeling; Pam Raynor, Sue Vienne, and Barbara Henderson, President.

Barbara Henderson presided over her first Epsilon meeting on September 28th. She presented all sisters with perfect attendance with a sweet cupcake treat! She hit the floor running with many good suggestions and ideas for the next biennium. Epsilon is in the process of rounding up more initiates and assigning jobs for the spring.

One of our members, Kathy Turrisi, has been busy arranging a free tutoring program in a store front in Hackettstown where she will partner through Centenary College a math tutorial program for grades 2-6. Volunteers to help tutor will come from her students at the college and our Epsilon sisters.

Four Epsilon sisters have been approved by their local board of education to mentor new teach-ers in the school where they used to teach. This may include indi-vidual or small group instruction

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ics and water colors and reflect places she has been. Many of her pieces are water scenes because she often paints while her hus-band, Dr. Henry Pruitt, fishes.

Dr. Pruitt began painting when she retired as a Principal in the Teaneck Public Schools. Her work has been shown in many venues, including juried art shows and solo exhibits at the Bergenfield Library, church gal-leries, and other settings. Her approach to art is to appreciate and celebrate the beauty that surrounds us in life, whether it be a fragile flower, a serene set-ting, or a precious moment with the family. This philosophy is strongly reflected in her works.

Special congratulations to one of our Lambda sisters! In the Sep-tember issue of Young Children, the National Association for the Education of Young Children's journal, an article appeared which was co-authored by Vale-ria Erdosi. The article is entitled, “Enhancing Practice with Infants and Toddlers from Diverse Lan-guage and Cultural Back-grounds.” Lambda is very proud of our recently published sister!

Six Lambda members attended the International Convention in New York City, and all of them were actively involved in the activities. Michelle Contala and Mary Lou LeCompte were every-where photographing the nearly fifty Alpha Zeta State sisters who attended and trying to keep pace with State President Roxanne running from session to session. Dr. Lynn Gonyo was appointed by International President Dr. Souders to be a floor page and counter at all of the general ses-sions, and Dr. Nora Pollard was asked to be a facilitator for one of the breakout sessions. Carol Boehm was invited to play the clarinet for the prelude to the fourth general session on Satur-

day morning, and Barbara Glazewski attended the general sessions and participated in the discussion and voting at the US Forum.

Dr. Marilyn Gonyo is serving her first term as Vice President of The Rutgers Club at the uni-versity campus in New Bruns-wick. Dr. Nora Pollard has been elected President of the New Jersey Schoolwomen's Club. Gloria Girard has been elected to the Board of her community, The Whittingham Home Own-er's Association.

Mu chapter honored one of its founding members, Lillie Hen-dry, at their October 18th meet-ing held at the historic Court Street School in Freehold. Lillie led a tour of the building and shared the rich history of the school, which was created in 1915 as a segregated school for the children of black migrant workers. Lillie was instrumental in turning the school into the Court Street School Education Community Center after it was no longer functioning as a school. Natalie Smith, Mu Chap-ter’s Program Chair, assembled old photos and sample programs from the school’s archives into an informative and fascinating PowerPoint for Lillie to use as she spoke. Mu Chapter honored Lillie for her 45 years as a DKG member, for her commitment to our Chapter and for her dedicated work in continuing to provide services for the needs of the com-munity at this historic location. The chapter presented Lillie with red roses and a check for her use in continuing programs and services at Court Street School Education Community Center. Lillie was also presented a certifi-cate in recognition of her dedica-tion and leadership to her profes-sion as an educator, to her com-munity and to the Mu Chapter

of Alpha Zeta State of Delta Kap-pa Gamma.

President of Nu Chapter, Jane Tallmadge, Math Teacher at Shawnee High School and 1st V.P., Chris Musick, also a Math Teacher at Shawnee High School attended a week-long, sum-mer class at West Chester Univer-sity, West Chester, PA. Jane ex-panded her knowledge on statis-tics using the TI-Nspire (calculator). Chris immersed herself in utilizing the device to cover various topics in mathemat-ics taught at the high school level. They have and will turn-key their findings to other teachers at the Lenape High School District in-services.

Chris Musick had the honor of being named Math Department Coordinator of Shawnee High School this past summer. Among her many duties, she also collabo-rates with the Math Department Coordinators of the other high schools in the Lenape District as well as other coordinators in the building to facilitate the smooth implementation of the curricu-lum. Chris assists in the organiza-tion of special events such as Women in Engineering Day, Academic Awards, Careers in the Math/Science Field Night and Pi Night.

Ingrid Williams, past president and retired teacher, is off to Dal-las, Texas to present at the Na-tional Council of Teachers of Mathematics Conference. The conference runs from October 10-12. Amy Gersbach (former stu-dent and currently a Seneca teach-er) and Ingrid have previously presented at three other NCTM regional conferences (Reno, Min-neapolis, Atlantic City) and two national conferences (San Diego and Philadelphia). Their presen-tation is "Innovative Assessments in Pre-Calculus: From Classroom to Real World" in which they

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Pictured: Irene Maskaly and Doris Lam-bert

Kappa members Rose DePoto, Pam Miller, Lynn Smith, Col-leen Tambuscio, and Mimi Weis shared a rewarding profes-sional moment with colleagues from New Milford High School on August 21, 2012. The group attended the opening preview of “Chaplin, the Musical” to watch their former student, Rob McClure, perform in the title role of Chaplin. His response to his former teachers’ support reflects the impact educators have on their students’ lives.

Dr. Bea Card Kettlewood ar-ranged for two Kappa Philan-thropic projects, The Arc and Adler Aphasia Institute, to exhib-it artwork and jewelry done by the program participants in the gallery at The Reformed Church of Pompton Plains. The two month-long exhibits were well received and enabled the organi-zations to showcase their work and their missions. The church has offered each group a table at their upcoming Craft Fair to display and sell their work.

The art work of Dr. Zita Pruitt of Kappa Chapter was exhibited in celebration of Black History Month. Over one hundred works were displayed in her home, which was turned into a gallery for the afternoon.

The three major themes in the extensive display were “Remembering Africa,” “A Trib-ute to the Family,” and “The Glories of Nature.” Most of Dr. Pruitt’s work is done with acryl-

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The retired members of Pi Chap-ter met on September 4th to prepare special gifts to help our working members begin the school year on a "sweet" note. The "Formers," as they liked to be called, delivered the goodies to each teacher's school for their opening day. October will be a busy month for Pi Chapter! We will hold our fall dinner and business meeting on October 22nd. The featured speaker will be the 2011-12 New Jersey Teacher of the Year, Jeanne DelColle. We look forward to this event! A number of sisters will be participating in the "Making Strides Against Cancer Walk" on October 28th at Cooper River Park. The walk raises funds for the American Cancer Society and Pi Chapter sisters participate each year, rais-ing money for this very worthy cause. Our chapter's book group continues to meet to discuss selected books. The group's next meeting will be on October 30th. The annual Holiday Social is scheduled for December 2nd.

Terri Mitchell received the Rose Award at the Alpha Zeta State Convention. Terri has been an active member of Rho chapter for seven years. Terri has done a wonderful job as taking care of our Scrapbook as a member of the Exhibits and Records Com-mittee. She along with fellow sisters from Alexandria School District was instrumental in organizing the celebration lunch-eon for Rho’s 25th Anniversary.

Deborah Bernardo received the Key Award at the Alpha Zeta State Convention. Deb has been an active member of Rho chapter for 20 years and recently retired from Lester D. Wilson School in Alexandria Township where she taught kindergarten for 21 years

before spending the last 2 years in 3rd grade. Deb is the roving photographer for our chapter, and her fantastic photos can be seen in our scrapbook. Deb along with Terri and the Alexan-dria sisters organized a beautiful celebration for our 25th anniver-sary.

Linda Ormosi was honored as the 2012 retired educator induc-tee into the Kingwood Township Education Foundation Hall of Fame on March 24, 2101. She spent 36.5 years at Kingwood Twp. School where she was a special education, inclusion, and elementary education teacher. Linda has been an active mem-ber of Rho chapter for 22 years serving on executive committee, editor of the newsletter and chair of the yearbook.

Betty Procopio (Sigma Presi-dent) is an avid historian. As president of the Maple Shade Historical Society she brings us valuable insight regarding teach-ing and schools over the years. Her biennium theme “Footsteps in History” is most appropriate as Sigma celebrates its 25th birth-day and AZS’s 75th. This is a big year for celebrations!

Seven Sigma sisters traveled to The Big Apple in July to attend the DKG international conven-tion. Linda Dix, Debbie Reca, Sue Yoder, Pat Bednar, Jane Murphy, Sky McClain and Roxanne Adinolfi (AZS Presi-dent) enjoyed fellowship and

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share projects they have devel-oped that allow students to make connections between the con-cepts they are learning and there applications in the real world.

Past President, Gail Griffin es-tablished the Seneca High School Food Pantry project for her biennial event. Our mem-bers brought in food items dur-ing three of our meetings for teens in need to pick up for snack, lunch and dinner. Jane Tallmadge, our new Nu Chapter President will continue this pro-ject along with making contribu-tions to Shawnee High School's "Renegade Rack" which supplies holiday dinners to Shawnee families in need. Our "Doris Garland Project" will once again help two families ease their Christmas burdens by supple-menting their childrens' wish-es. This program is chaired by Joyce Scheller. We feel all pro-jects are well received and well worth the effort.

Patricia Naples, 6th grade science teacher at the George J. Mitchell Elementary School in Little Egg Harbor, facilitated a team of four students in the eCYBERMIS-SION Competition, sponsored by the U.S. Army. We are proud to announce that her team, entitled the Sun Sensors, was the national winner in its grade level when they completed in the national event in Leesburg, Virginia in June. Their project tested the claimed effectiveness of sunglasses in blocking harmful UV rays through a UV light source, Ver-nier UVA and UVB sensors. The team members presented their project to judges and an-swered questions on their proce-dures as well as the results of the three experiments performed. Congratulations to Patricia and her students on a job well done!

professional endeavors as they participated in events all week long such as a full-day workshop presented by Dr. Bonnie Davis and trip to Governor’s Island to visit the Harbor School. Debbie Reca (first grade teacher) was able to log a substantial number of professional development hours. She received a certificate from DKG recognizing her writ-ten submissions as required.

Sigma’s fall business meeting and luncheon was held on Octo-ber 13th. First, we met at the old Chesterford School, now a muse-um in Maple Shade for a talk by our chapter president. “When children first started attending School #1 in 1812, it was a one room classroom. The students could only attend during the winter months because they were needed to work on the farms the rest of the year.” Hearing about the learning environment, seeing the artifacts, and reading a varie-ty of firsthand accounts was fascinating. During our meeting, we discussed in detail the AZS Bylaws so carefully and clearly outlined by State Chairs Joanne Hill (Omicron) and Sigma’s Peg Madison. Peg walked us through the document, answered ques-tions and allowed time for us to vote on each article. Sigma ap-plauds Peg for her extraordinary work.

Sigma sisters sadly bid farewell to a beloved member - Kathy Coe. Kathy has been a treasure, not only as a past president, but in every aspect of our organization. Kathy promises to keep in touch when she relocates to Rhode Island. Kathy plans to spend time with her Sigma sisters at the state convention in April.

Tau Chapter’s newest members, Marlene Ryan, had an especially exciting as well as educational vacation this past summer. As an undergraduate she had stud-ied for a while at Wroxton Col-

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lege in England, which is part of her alma mater, Fairleigh Dick-inson University. The college was built in the 1200’s and was originally an abbey, as well as at one time the home of Lord North, the British Prime Minis-ter during the time of the Ameri-can Revolution.

Every summer the college hosts a week for alumni to come back and stay to enjoy lectures by Wroxton faculty, as well as daily excursions to art and history museums and cultural and intel-lectual centers such as Stratford-on-Avon. Marlene told us that she saw a production of “Twelfth Night,” and visited London, Stonehenge, Bath and the town of Oxford. “The high-light for me,” she said, “was being at the abbey, where I was able to share so many memories with others who had this won-derful experience during their college years.”

Two schools in the Madison District, Kings Road Elementary School, along with Madison High School, were named Re-ward Schools this past April by the NJ Department of Educa-tion. A Reward School is a school with outstanding growth in achievement over the past three years in terms of school-wide proficiency, subgroup profi-ciency and graduation rates. Four members of Tau Chapter are on the faculty at Kings Road: Nancy Croessman, Kathy Ginocchio, Joan Hart and Rob-erta Stephens. All four of them are special subject teachers who work primarily with students with learning disabilities, so their contributions to the school’s receiving this award are significant. Congratulations to them, and to the other members of Tau Chapter in the Madison Schools, who certainly are “key women educators.”

Janice Buck, our chapter’s Treasurer, has been playing in the handbell choir, called Jubila-tion Ringers, of the Methodist

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Church in Morristown for the past five years. The group plays primarily for church events, but has also played at Christmas time at the local senior facility. Jan is also an active member of the United Methodist Women, an organization primarily inter-ested in issues involving women, children and youth both locally and globally.

Tau’s Vice President, Roni To-bia, this past July attended the 94th annual American Associa-tion of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese (AATSP) Confer-ence, which was held in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Among the workshops she attended were two on technology: one that demonstrated many different free resources that can be used with students and another that discussed integrity issues in the 21st century classroom in light of all of the online resources availa-ble to students.

Roni also had the opportunity to take two trips while in Puerto Rico, one to El Yunque, the rainforest, and the other to Viejo San Juan. She said, however, that “The highlight of the trip for me was meeting other Span-ish teachers from all parts of the country and sharing our experi-ences in the classroom with our students.”

“Diamond Celebration in Song” is the musical theme for our upcoming 50th Anniversary. Think

“shine”, “reflect”, “glitter”, “bright & beautiful”, a fun upbeat medley for our chorus.

Come join us!

New this year - If you play an instrument or have played at some time, we want you for our chamber

ensemble. E-mail me so we can discuss your comfort level on your instrument. I will arrange some music for us accordingly.

I look forward to hearing from you! The more, the merrier the music!

Diana Dohrmann – Music Chairman dianadohrmann@comcast.net

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PROOFREADERS! If you have patience, time and a careful eye to assist proof-reading sections of the 2013 AZS History Book; please c o n t a c t J u d y M e r z (jrmerz@aol.com) at your earliest convenience.

AZS has many talented Eng-lish teachers. Judy needs 3 - 5 volunteers.

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DIAMOND BIRTHDAY

Please think of a special gift to give to AZS as a 75th birthday present. We would like chapter presidents to survey the talent of your members to determine one item that you may want to gift from your chapter to AZS at the state convention in April.

We will display the gifts during the AZS history fair. Poems, songs, lyrics to an old song, essays, stained glass, needlepoint, watercolors, pen and ink, pottery, ceramics, quilted wall hangings, storybook of memo-ries, graphic art designs, etc.

The size limit for artwork is 8” x 10”.

The gifts will be stored in a special area in the archives and saved for the 100th birthday for AZS.

Judy Jordan and Marie McGuire, Diamond Birthday Chairs

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Babette Wise, Personal Growth and Services Chair 75th Diamond Birthday Alpha Zeta State Convention April 12-14 Double Tree Hotel Somerset, NJ Saturday, June 1— Interactive Portfolio Exchange for 2011-2013 and 2013-2015 State Officers and Chairs 9:30 AM — Sayen Elementary School, Hamilton, NJ Southeast Regional Conference July 10-13 Orlando, Florida/Gaylord Palms Southwest Regional Conference

2012 Sunday, December 30—Deadline for application for AZS Personal Growth Stipend to Dr. Marilyn Gonyo, State Scholarship Chair 2013 Saturday, January 12— AZS Executive Board Meeting 9:30 AM — Sayen Elementary School, Hamilton, NJ (Snow Date: January 19) Friday, January 18—CTAUN Conference at UN Headquarters in New York City Friday, February 1 — Rose and Key Nominations are due to

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